shoaly
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of shoaly
Example Sentences
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Swamps would, perhaps, better describe these shoaly sheets of water, which in summer so swarm with mosquitoes that deer and even the natives sometimes die from their attacks.
From From Paris to New York by Land by Harry De Windt
The island was very large, rocky, and thickly wooded, and the coast was rocky too, and the water very shoaly, which made me understand how difficult landing must have been in the stormy weather.
From Marjorie by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
The watchful hero felt the knocks, and found The tossing vessel sail'd on shoaly ground.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
The numbers of turtles which were seen swimming in quiet shoaly bays passed on the road, also gave us much amusement.
From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Henry Walter Bates
While this conversation continued, they reached the shoaly inlet under the flower-laden beech.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly
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